AS ABOVE SO BELOW
What if the solution was not to destroy the existing city, but to build around, above and below it? With this radical reasoning, certain architects design Utopic plans to renovate Paris and Tokyo’s urban landscape and city lifestyles: a floor above the city’s zinc roofs, a city below the Seine or Edo River, or even an underground highway network.
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What if the solution was not to destroy the existing city, but to build around, above and below it? With this radical reasoning, certain architects design Utopic plans to renovate Paris and Tokyo’s urban landscape and city lifestyles: a floor above the city’s zinc roofs, a city below the Seine or Edo River, or even an underground highway network.
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DOROGENPYO
In the middle of the Shuto expressway, just above the Nihonbashi Bridge there is a structure holding a single old street lamp. Shortly before the 1964 Olympics an express way was built over the Nihonbashi Bridge obscuring the classic view of mount Fuji from it.
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In the middle of the Shuto expressway, just above the Nihonbashi Bridge there is a structure holding a single old street lamp. Shortly before the 1964 Olympics an express way was built over the Nihonbashi Bridge obscuring the classic view of mount Fuji from it.
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FLUCTUAT NEC MERGITUR
Plenty of water can be a blessing and a curse. Both Tokyo, formerly Edo, and Paris have suffered damages from river overflow and heavy rainfalls since the beginning of time.
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Plenty of water can be a blessing and a curse. Both Tokyo, formerly Edo, and Paris have suffered damages from river overflow and heavy rainfalls since the beginning of time.
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FROM TSUKIJI TO TOYOSU
The Tsukiji Market, opened in 1935, is one of the 11 central wholesale markets in Tokyo and the largest fish market in the world. The market conducts fish auctions every day.
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The Tsukiji Market, opened in 1935, is one of the 11 central wholesale markets in Tokyo and the largest fish market in the world. The market conducts fish auctions every day.
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LIGHT CULTURE
The Japanese Color Woodblock Print, Spring Night at Ginza by Kasamatsu Shirō, originally made in 1934[1], portays a nostalgic glimpse of the Ginza of budding willows and soft lights before it became a carnival of flashing neon. By this illustration, many interesting facts are shown, about the atmosphere and light in the Ginza area.
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The Japanese Color Woodblock Print, Spring Night at Ginza by Kasamatsu Shirō, originally made in 1934[1], portays a nostalgic glimpse of the Ginza of budding willows and soft lights before it became a carnival of flashing neon. By this illustration, many interesting facts are shown, about the atmosphere and light in the Ginza area.
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